Senior Compensation Specialist

Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University; Saint Davids (PA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading institution as a Senior Compensation Specialist, where you'll play a vital role in HR by overseeing payroll processes, conducting salary analyses, and collaborating with various departments. This full-time position requires a Bachelor's degree and 3 to 5 years of HR experience, emphasizing analytical and communication skills to support employee compensation strategies effectively. Enjoy a mission-driven work environment focused on fairness, dignity, and respect.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of professional human resources experience necessary.
• Experience in compensation and classification principles required.
• Knowledge of statistical methods for HR processes valued.

Responsibilities

• Administers payroll and classification assessments with HR.
• Conducts classification reviews for compensation adjustments.
• Communicates compensation benchmark reviews with finance.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organizing skills

Problem solving

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business or Public Administration

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

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This position reports to the Chief Human Resources Officer and administers, soft payroll, classification, compensation assessment and review, annual survey assessment and submission. In addition to providing administrative and data support to Human Resources, payroll and the finance team.

• Interfaces with various departments/divisions to ensure the proper classification of positions and provide salary analysis data to departments as necessary.
• Communicates with departments in collaboration with finance on compensation assessments and benchmark reviews as necessary for current and vacant positions.
• Consults with departments and payroll on the planning and processing of proposed hiring authorizations, compensation offers, market and equity salary adjustments, supplemental compensation, etc.
• Conducts classification reviews to establish new or revise existing positions for exemption status, position classification and/or salary assessment.
• Consults and coordinates with managers/employees regarding employee relations concerns and issues, such as management and employee rights and responsibilities and best practices designed to reduce conflict and litigation.
• Manage Immigration of employees University has agreed to assist.
• Assists with development of the employee events such as the reward and recognition initiatives, and any other HR sponsored event.
• Assist fellow colleagues and team members with HR functions or administrative supports as needs arise.
• Works alongside of the HR Team to accomplish data entry and soft payroll processing for staff/faculty records into the Colleague system as well as assisting with reviewing employee payroll for process improvements, contract templates, database structure while addressing compliance or other concerns;
• Manages the data for the annual and periodic survey requests and reporting for such programs as ATS, AAUP, CCCU, CUPA, Bonds Report, Cleary, etc.
• Responsible for the ongoing review and communication of employee salary data and compensation policies and procedures. This includes monitoring changes in Federal, state and local laws for the main campus and Philadelphia locations.
• Evaluates all the staffing & budgeting hiring needs with the HRBP, CHRO and if required the CFO, prior to approval for recruitment,
• Manages and oversees all salary/employee tracking HRIS databases, such as colleague.
• Oversees the employee contracts and appointment letters.
• Embodies values of caring and compassion, justice and integrity, competence and affirmation.
• Seeks to treat each member of the campus community with fairness, dignity and respect seeking a spirit of unity and harmony as we join together to achieve our common mission.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business or Public Administration and/or 3 to 5 years of professional human resources experience;
• Experience in applying the principles, practices and procedures of human resources administration in the areas of compensation and classification.
• Experience in interpreting and applying state and federal statues and applicable rules and regulations related to compensation.
• Knowledge of statistical methods and concepts and other analytical tools used in human resources processes.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills. Superior skills in organizing, tracking and prioritizing assignments and tasks.
• Strong ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple deadlines and high customer service needs.
• Strong computer skills in Google Docs, Microsoft Office, Excel and previous experience working with Colleague system is desired.
• Eye for detail and identifying problems, troubleshooting, problem solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work well in a team environment and to work independently with minimal supervision.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Religious Institutions

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